When it comes down to it, a good song is a good song. It doesn’t matter if one gender sings it over another, unless the song’s subject matter is relevant to gender in some way. However, it’s always a ...

It takes a pretty confident artist to try their hand at a Bob Dylan song. When a cover is done right, it’s endlessly exciting. There have been many covers of Dylan songs that have become almost as ...

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There is no platonic definition of a good cover version of a well-loved song. A good cover can be an enthusiastic celebration of the original, a rendition that highlights the very things that stir ...

Hear versions by Marianne Faithfull, Joan Baez, Nina Simone and more. By Lindsay Zoladz In 2016, when Bob Dylan became the first singer-songwriter to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature, The ...

Kris Kristofferson wrote the song “Be and Bobby McGee” but he was not the first artist to record it. Kristofferson was never known as a great singer and in the early days before he became a star, most ...